As the civil unrest in Ukraine comes to a head, protestors claim to have taken President Viktor Yanukovych's private estate, and with it, his personal car collection. Using state funds to maintain a fleet of old Soviet runabouts? Along with everything else the protestors have endured, that's not going to go over well.

The day after signing an accord meant to end violent protests in Ukraine, president Viktor…
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It's a little unclear who controls Ukraine at the moment, with the opposition controlling the capital, Kiev, and Yanukovych alternately claiming that there was a coup, but that he was also not resigning. Usually one precludes the other, though the situation on the ground is currently fluid, to say the least.

Unlike the Shah of Iran's private stash, Yanukovych's collection looks to be a motley assortment of communist relics, but that doesn't say anything about its provenance. It's not easy to make out everything from the pictures emerging, but right now the information and images are pouring out of the Yanukovych compound, and already we've spotted everything from Chaikas to Trabants.